Florence + The Machine, Jamie xx, Wolf Alice and Aphex Twin are among this year’s list of nominees for the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize, an annual award given to the best album to come out of the United Kingdom and Ireland in the past year. Chosen by a panel of British music critics and industry

Fans thankfully won’t have to wait another decade-plus for new Apex Twin music following the release of last year’s acclaimed sixth studio album Syro, as the the pioneering electronic musician also known as Richard D.James has announced the arrival of a new 13-track EP at the end of this month. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt.

Electronic pioneer Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin, has uploaded a collection of previously unheard songs to SoundCloud, alongside material he says was created by his six-year-old son. In part one of a lengthy two-part interview with Noyzelab, James has shared music mapping his creative past. In the interview, James notes that the song Spectrum

Electronic musician Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, took to the deep web recently to announce his new album SYRO and this time he’s chosen a more traditional and publicly accessible format to share even more details about the forthcoming record. In an interview with The FADER, James revealed that SYRO has been

Pioneering electronic musician Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, has taken to the deep web to announce his new album SYRO, his first full-length release under the Aphex Twin name since 2001’s Drukqs. The album was announced via Tor, the deep web browser which gives access to some of the internet’s most secretive

A lime green blimp decorated in the Aphex Twin logo and a stylised ‘2014’ was spotted flying over London over the weekend. As fans discovered the producer’s singular emblem outside of Radio City Music Hall in New York, the blimp was positioned over London, docked at a craft beer festival. Numerous London residents noticed the

Earlier this week, FACT reported that a test pressing of avant-garde electronic producer Aphex Twin‘s unreleased 1994 album Caustic Window was being sold on record-hunter website Discogs for $13,500, but a Kickstarter campaign will now see the record receive a limited digital release. After the authenticity of the extremely sought-after album was confirmed to FACT

In a recent chat with Rolling Stone, MGMT have revealed their plans to follow up on 2010’s very odd and poorly received Congratulations. Though they kept the deets on the new release close to their chest, they did reveal a few gems. Speaking on behalf of the duo, Ben Goldwasser explained that the pair, who

Aphex Twin has announced two rare Future Music Festival sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne. Not seen on Australian shores since 2004, his long-awaited reappearance is highly anticipated and his live show needs to be seen to be believed. He’ll be joined by Mark Pritchard. Arguably the most influential electronic artist in the history of contemporary